Tag: containerized freight

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700,000 prophylactics yanked from cargo container

You just can’t discount the humor in some cargo thefts — long as, of course, it’s not your load getting boosted. While in the cases of the zoo-bound camels and tiger heisted in Quebec or the stolen load of green highlighters in South Carolina there was at least a probability, albeit a small one, that […]

February 9, 2011

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Intermodal hits record high

Intermodal transport’s share of U.S. long-haul truck traffic reached record highs in the first quarter of 2010, a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows. Both total intermodal movements and movements of domestic intermodal equipment reached new market share highs. Intermodal’s share of U.S. long-haul (550-plus miles) movements of international and domestic containerized freight in the […]

May 12, 2010

Business

Report: Intermodal hits record high

Both total intermodal movements and movements of domestic intermodal equipment reached new market share highs in first quarter.

May 11, 2010

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You gotta know when to hold ’em, when to fold ‘em

Anyone who’s been to an intermodal port or seen the container ships that serve them knows there is no shortage of big colored boxes being stacked like giant Lego walls. They’re also shuffled all over the place, too often empty due to global imbalances in world trade. That deadhead costs the industry $7 billion a […]

April 13, 2010

Business

Survey: Intermodal transport gains

Intermodal transport increased market share against trucks in the fourth quarter of 2009, reaching a new high.

February 9, 2010